Jules

MSc in Conservation Ecology studying the human dimensions of conservation • long distance hiker • degrowth enthusiast • she/her

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

This is the Rio Grande in New Mexico

It’s currently completely dry

Meta’s data center in Los Lunas in central New Mexico is using 75 million gallons of water per year from the Rio Grande water

But they’re not the only Data Center using Rio Grande water, there’s many more

The Rio Grande River is dry through here for a few reasons

- Extremely low snowpack this winter
- Record-low reservoir levels like Elephant Butte, which is New Mexico’s largest on the Rio Grande are at critically low levels
- Agriculture uses 85% of water use from the Rio Grande in New Mexico, it’s unsustainable long-term
- Data Centers

The exact number actively drawing from it right now is not fully public due to limited transparency on water rights

Total data centers in New Mexico: Around 21 operating or planned facilities. These centers collectively consume up to 1.8 billion gallons per year

Large proposed projects like Project Jupiter near El Paso are in the Lower Rio Grande region and would require significant ongoing water use

This isn’t sustainable. This can’t continue

[Hugo Tagholm @HugoSAS]

The most effective carbon capture & storage ever invented is leaving fossil fuels in the ground.

[Sean Morrow @snmrrw]

you gotta admit, it would be pretty sick if climate change was a hoax

[Kate Vannelli @kvannelli89]

Hey #AnimalArtistsUnite! I’m Kate and I mostly create watercolor wild cats

[Racing Extinction @RacingXtinction]

@USFWS finalized a rule yesterday removing 21 species from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act because they have sadly gone #extinct.
https://t.co/d6mnaxkoRj

[DSA @DemSocialists]

DSA is steadfast in expressing our solidarity with Palestine.

Today’s events are a direct result of Israel’s apartheid regime—a regime that receives billions in funding from the United States.

End the violence. End the Occupation. Free Palestine. 1/5

[Karl Jacoby @karl_jacoby]

By saying laws don't matter at the border, we are creating a zone of exception where the normal rules don't matter. This never ends well. 1/

Biden waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction https://t.co/SPHunw976L

[Jules @juleslnelson]

The Swift Fox, a mesocarnivore of the plains, have been reintroducted to central/eastern Montana and Southern Alberta/Saskatchewan. One of the next hurdles for the species (and for conservationists) is to connect this fragmented population to populations in the south.

[Am Soc Mammalogists @Mammalogists]

The Black and Indigenous Scholars Award is now accepting applications! Find information about eligibility and information on how to apply here: https://t.co/VARiMuF6eT. Applications are due March 15, 2023.

[Dannyboy Wildlife @DWesthawk]

Grey wolf

[Jules @juleslnelson]

magpie print complete! May need a little clean up but I like the messiness in the blank spaces

#linocut #printmaking

[Jules @juleslnelson]

magpie print in progress!

#linocutting #magpie #printmaking

[Jules @juleslnelson]

Adventures in camera trapping! Pronghorn, rabbit, swift fox, and the curious eyeball of the swift fox :)